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News in RSA-RTE 8.0.4 CP4

Mattias Mohlin, October 2012

IBM Software Group | Rational software

Build Build Active TC button now always enabled

No need to set the active TC before using it

Build can now be done also when working in CDT projects

Dialog appears if necessary to specify which TC to build

Cleaning of Problems View before buildingNew preference added to provide for more flexibility

Same default behavior as before, but you may want to clean problems for all CDT projects if your build involves external C++ code


Clean Clean command now integrated with Build Active TC button

Sometimes more convenient than to clean from context menu of TC

By locking the Build Active TC button to a particularproject, that project can be cleaned regardless of selection

A command ”Clean transformation configurations”is available for cleaning all top-level TCs in the workspace

TC can now be cleaned even when the workspace is out of synch with the file systemThe tool will then offer to clean by deleting the target directory


C++ Transform (1/2) Support for generation of Doxygen comments

Controlled by new setting in the TCDoxygen comments are generated for

classes/capsules, enumerations, protocols and operations

Rich text can be used but will be converted to plain text in the comments

JavaDoc style

QT style


C++ Transform (2/2) Generation of qualified name for code snippets

Controlled by new TC preferenceEnables 3rd party integrations such as

TICS from www.tiobe.com

Bitfield supportThe property ”Field Size” is now supportedNote: ”Generate Descriptor” property must be turned off for bitfield attributes

http://www.tiobe.com/


Transformation Configuration (1/3) Support for ”precompiled library” TCs

A C++ External Library TC with an empty build commandCan be used as a prerequisite TC for linking as a precompiled library.

Speeds up building by avoiding to build libraries that are rarely modified. A regular C++ Library TC can be used for building the library when it has been modified.

C++ External Library TCs can now have source model elements (useful for ”precompiled library” TCs that are built from a model)


Transformation Configuration (2/3) Harmonization of TC context menus

Can now set the active TC from the TC file context menuCan now move a TC in the file system from the TC component context menu


Transformation Configuration (3/3) Improved support for inheritance

All TC properties should now behave in the same way with regards to inheritance

Thread properties can now be inherited


Performance (1/4) Reduced number of file accesses for common workflows

Improves performance in particular when accessed files are not localNote: Important to have the preference General - Workspace - Refresh

automatically turned off.

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Performance (2/4) Modeling References command is now much faster

No longer searches in code snippets. (Use regular Search to do that, or the new command ”Code Snippet References”)

Removed obsolete preference in UML Development - Real Time


Performance (3/4) Search results are now displayed incrementally

Faster feedback and possible to stop search before all matches have been found

Possible to limit number of matches in more placesNow supported also for Find NamedElement and Select Element dialogsHaving a limit set is recommended

to avoid getting too many matches for searches that are very generic (like '*')


Performance (4/4) Recommendation: Turn off rich text editor unless you need it

Preference: Modeling - Text - Enable rich text editorThe rich text editor causes unnecessary delays for example when opening

diagrams and when clicking on diagrams in the Project Explorer. The performance gets worse if there are many fonts installed.


Search New command ”Code Snippet References”

Available in context menu of Code View and Code Editor (but only when generated source code has been loaded)

Searches for the selected text in code snippets (workspace scope)

Similar to CDT's References command but will only find code references within the model (not those that are in external C++ code).

Search in Project scope now supported in Find/Replace dialogAlso works when selecting many elements from different projects


Properties View Easier to define inline operations

New checkbox in property pages that show operations


Project Explorer Now showing attribute multiplicity

Note that the multiplicity can be specified directly in the Project Explorer label when a new attribute is created

The statemachine is now shown immediately below a classNo longer necessary to scroll past all attributes, operations etc. to find it


Diagram Editing (1/2) Sorting and filtering now supported for internal transitions

Individual transitions can be hidden by unmarking the checkboxTransitions can be individually sorted using the up/down buttonsAll transitions can be sorted by clicking the table columns

(Note: only the first event and port is shown there)


Diagram Editing (2/2) Trigger ports can now be shown in diagrams

Controlled by new state chart filtering preference

Easier to move transitionsSupport for moving transitions using the keyboard (arrowkeys)In particular useful for reordering external self-transitions Note: As always when moving using the keyboard it's easy to reach the maximum

number of steps in the Undo/Redo stack (20)


Compare/Merge (1/3) Support for transformation configurations

Note: One change in the TC editor sometimes causes multiple changes to the TC file. Switching to text compare/merge can bring more clarity in those cases.


Compare/Merge (2/3) A dialog now lets you choose which RSARTE instance to use

for a compare/merge sessionUsed when starting compare/merge from outside of RSARTE (e.g. Clearcase

command line or script)Only appears if there are multiple RSARTE instances to choose fromWorkspaces are identified by means of the path to the workspace folder. You

may want to start RSARTE with the -showlocation flag to see the workspace folder in the RSARTE title bar.


Compare/Merge (3/3) Better presentation of changes related to model references

The name of the supplier element is now presented for dependency changes

The event name is now presented for trigger changes

Note: These improvements work by storing additional information in the model files. The information is written the first time the model file is saved in CP4, and will then appear as a change if doing a Compare/Merge on that file version.

A new filter option has been introduced to be able to hide these changes.

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